Author Topic: Alright - so I'm now a "Wii60" owner... (Read 9424 times)

Rhoq · « **on:** January 29, 2007, 03:38:14 PM »

I was at Best Buy earlier this evening and decided to have them price match the 360 bundle that Circuit City has on sale this week (360 Premium, Additional Wireless Controller, Charge & Play Kit and "Gears Of War" for $489.99 - $40 savings). They were sold out of "Gears Of War" so I was told I could choose any other game with the same MSRP ($49.99) and I chose "Saints Row".

Anyways, now that I have an XBox 360 does anyone here know what the trade-in value of an original XBox is currently at GameStop/EB Games?

oohhboy · « **Reply #1 on:** January 29, 2007, 05:23:02 PM »

Hahahaha. Can't believe you picked Saints Row. You got ripped.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2007, 01:32:27 AM »

You get crappy bundles. Round here a 360 Premium bundle is Project Gotham Racing 3, Perfect Dark Zero and FIFA 2007 for 429€. I think not too long ago there was a 360 Premium, Kameo, PDZ, second controller bundle for 399€.

Rhoq · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2007, 01:46:24 AM »

Great. Now that we have established that I got "ripped off" by choosing Saints Row and that the U.S. gets "crappy" bundles - is there anyone who can answer my question (about trade-in value) without criticizing my purchase decision - or answer and criticize?

hudsonhawk · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2007, 02:53:31 AM »

I don't think it was a bad deal, for the record. You would have gotten the controller and kit anyway, so just think of the game for free.

Not sure why the hate for Saints Row as I've heard mostly good things about it.

Anyway, they don't list the trade-in value of it on Gamestop's website. Just call them and ask, that's what I always do. Though, your much much better off just selling it on eBay - you'll get more money and you won't support those sketchballs over at Gamestop.

Rhoq · « **Reply #5 on:** January 30, 2007, 03:39:53 AM »

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I don't think it was a bad deal, for the record. You would have gotten the controller and kit anyway, so just think of the game for free.

That's what I figured, since I wanted a 2nd controller anyways.

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Not sure why the hate for Saints Row as I've heard mostly good things about it.

Same here, which is why I chose it.

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Anyway, they don't list the trade-in value of it on Gamestop's website. Just call them and ask, that's what I always do. Though, your much much better off just selling it on eBay - you'll get more money and you won't support those sketchballs over at Gamestop.

Thank you. I'll give them a call. I also posted on Craig's List.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #6 on:** January 30, 2007, 05:20:13 AM »

I may eventually do this...in like a year or two. I just all depends. Though right now, I am perfectly happy with my Wii and DS combo.

segagamer12 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 30, 2007, 05:22:02 AM »

I need an xbox pretty badly let me know if I have anything you wanna trade., Pm for details. ill give mroe than GS or EB will and wont charge fees like Ebay.

capamerica · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2007, 06:18:28 AM »

I think the trade in value of a Xbox at Gamestop is like $50

Also I too don't think you got ripped-off by picking Saints Row. I really enjoy the game and have put in quite a few hours into it. Which is funny since I ABSOLUTELY HATE the GTA series. Saints Row just did something right that made me really enjoy it and have a lot of fun playing it. Its kind of like a Boondock Saints game.

Anyway as a fellow Wii60 member, congrats on joining the Legion of Wii60.

Now that your a member please enjoy this nice video I made back during E3 2k6.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mdAnzsnTy4

utarefsoN · « **Reply #9 on:** January 30, 2007, 06:47:33 AM »

well at least you didnt get a ps3.

Ceric · « **Reply #10 on:** January 30, 2007, 07:04:28 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
You get crappy bundles. Round here a 360 Premium bundle is Project Gotham Racing 3, Perfect Dark Zero and FIFA 2007 for 429€. I think not too long ago there was a 360 Premium, Kameo, PDZ, second controller bundle for 399€.

Actually At the current exchange rate that makes the bundle $555.72 for the 429 Euro one and if he had chosen Fifa as his free game then using the Amazon prices he could buy the other two games and the bundle would have come to $544.80 and he gets a wireless controller and the charge n play thingy. On the other one with the exchange rate today it would be $516.84. Using Amazon prices again he could have straight up bought a 360 Premium system, Wireless Controller, PDZ, and Kameo and came out with spending $492.92.

So Rhoq you got a better deal then Europe and saved $12.80 over buying all that straight from Amazon.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #11 on:** January 30, 2007, 07:38:51 AM »

Yes but here the Xbox 360 itself costs 399€ here. All videogame related stuff gets a 1:1 or worse exchange rate so expecting similar bundles for 399 or 429$ is not unreasonable.

Ages · « **Reply #12 on:** January 30, 2007, 09:13:16 AM »

You should probably make sure all the Xbox games you have run on the 360. It has to emulate the games, and only certain ones are compatible.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #13 on:** January 30, 2007, 10:19:10 AM »

HAHAHAHAHAHA

ReverendNoahWhateley · « **Reply #14 on:** January 30, 2007, 07:00:37 PM »

Does anyone know WHY exactly the 360 handles Xbox games so clumsily? I was looking forward to pillaging the used games section at Blockbuster for all the great Xbox games I missed last generation, but all the talk of emulation spooked me.

Extra Terrestrial · « **Reply #15 on:** January 30, 2007, 08:59:01 PM »

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well at least you didnt get a ps3.

Well, going by the software for both the PlayStation 3 and Wii neither are that great at the moment.

What I have played of MotorStorm on the PS3 is far more entertaining than anything I have played (and seen) on the Wii and I consider myself quite a Nintendo fan too.

Still, the Xbox 360 is a great console with some absolutely fantastic games. The launch line-up was vastly better than both Nintendo's and Sony's efforts with the likes of Amped 3, Call of Duty 2, Condemned, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, PGR3 and Ridge Racer 6.

Since then, Xbox 360 owners have experienced the delights of Fight Night (lovely graphics on HDTV), Ghost Recon, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Rockstar Table Tennis, Dead Rising, Enchanted Arms, LEGO Star Wars II, Test Drive Unlimited, Gears of War, Viva Pinata and so forth.

At the moment, the Xbox 360 is the best system to own.

capamerica · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2007, 12:29:13 AM »

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What I have played of MotorStorm on the PS3 is far more entertaining than anything I have played (and seen) on the Wii and I consider myself quite a Nintendo fan too.

Your joking right? MotorStorm on the PS3 sucks! So far their is only one exclusive on the PS3 that isn't a total joke and that's Fall of Man and even that is border line. Infact your the first person I've heard say that they liked MotorStorm on the PS3... Are you sure your not a Sony fanboy or Sony marketer that is pretending to be a Nintendo fan?

You know scratch that, that, you sound alot more like a Xbox sales rep later on.

You do know that Ridge Racer 6 (RR7 on the PS3), Fight Night, Ghost Recon, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Enchanted Arms, LEGO Star Wars II and Test Drive Unlimited are all multiconsole right?

And seriously Enchanted Arms, Amped 3, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Oblivion, Test Drive Unlimited, and Viva Pinata all sucked.
Okay maybe not so much Enchanted Arms, but if you own a PS2 there are FAR better RPGs on it, Enchanted Arms is like the first decent RPG to ever hit the Xbox system.

You smell like a marketing doppelgänger, Penny-Arcade warned me about your kind. I'm keeping my eye on you.

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Does anyone know WHY exactly the 360 handles Xbox games so clumsily?
Its because the Xbox360 uses a PowerPC chip in it instead of a Intel Chip. Its like trying to run a program on a Mac that came from a Windows PC.
Microsoft has to re-write the executable for the Xbox games so that it can run on a Xbox360. That is why the HD is required to play Xbox games.

Sony is having similar issues with the PS3, But instead of doing what MS is doing and slowly releasing updates that make more and more Xbox games compatible with the Xbox360, Sony desided to just toss a PS2 Slim inside the PS3. Which was done pretty sloppy, When you play a PSOne or PS2 game on the PS3 they look really sh!tty your pretty much better off keeping a PS2 around.

Extra Terrestrial · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2007, 12:38:17 AM »

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Your joking right? MotorStorm on the PS3 sucks! So far their is only one exclusive on the PS3 that isn't a total joke and that's Fall of Man and even that is border line. Infact your the first person I've heard say that they liked MotorStorm on the PS3... Are you sure your not a Sony fanboy or Sony marketer that is pretending to be a Nintendo fan?

Have you actually played MotorStorm?

I cannot go back to 'Excite' Truck without getting the urge to play MotorStorm instead. If you think I am the first person to say they have enjoyed playing MotorStorm then you clearly haven't been beyond Nintendo-only websites because the likes of Eurogamer, GameSpot, Game-trailers and IGN are really appreciating the experience on offer within the game.

I have been a fan of Nintendo for years but unlike 99% of this forum, I like to enjoy other games on other systems.

capamerica · « **Reply #18 on:** January 31, 2007, 12:51:34 AM »

So out of curiosity how are you playing MotorStorm? I was under the impression that the UK didn't get PS3s till March.
From what I've read from Japan, where they have the ACTUAL game, they really don't like it, its plays like a direct port of a arcade game, the levels are way to small and there is next to nothing in replay value. Infact in Japan MotorStorm hit the bargain bin within a week after launch.

If you find that MotorStorm is better then Excite Truck, then there is something seriously wrong with you. Excite Truck is FAR better then most of the racing games out there.

And in case you think that I'm a Nintendo-Only fan, I do own pretty much every system thats been releases with the exception of the PS3 since I see it as a TOTAL waste of money. Infact if you look at a couple posts back I welcomed RHoQ into the Legion of Wii60 owners since I am one of them as well. I picked up my Xbox360 a couple weeks after launch, just in time of DoA4 infact.

Rhoq · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2007, 12:53:02 AM »

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You should probably make sure all the Xbox games you have run on the 360. It has to emulate the games, and only certain ones are compatible.

Only 6 of the 14 XBox games I own are compatible. What pisses me off is that my current favorite (FlatOut 2) is not playable on my 360. Seriously, I could do without the 6 games I can play, but not being able to destroy other people in a FlatOut 2 derby really hurts.

capamerica · « **Reply #20 on:** January 31, 2007, 01:19:31 AM »

ya its annoying that its taking so long to get some games to work on the XBox360, but the way I see it I rather wait a bit then have a sh!tty looking game which is unplayable.
It took them over a year just to get Dead Or Alive Ultimate up and running and I'm still waiting for DoA:XBV, Beyond Good & Evil, Marvel vs Capcom and King of Fighters games

Extra Terrestrial · « **Reply #21 on:** January 31, 2007, 03:19:59 AM »

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Originally posted by: capamericaSo out of curiosity how are you playing MotorStorm? I was under the impression that the UK didn't get PS3s till March.

Have you ever heard of importing?

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Originally posted by: capamericaFrom what I've read from Japan, where they have the ACTUAL game, they really don't like it, its plays like a direct port of a arcade game, the levels are way to small and there is next to nothing in replay value. Infact in Japan MotorStorm hit the bargain bin within a week after launch.
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So you HAVEN'T played it yourself then?

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Originally posted by: capamericaIf you find that MotorStorm is better then Excite Truck, then there is something seriously wrong with you. Excite Truck is FAR better then most of the racing games out there.
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But you haven't played MotorStorm so your opinion is worthless.

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Originally posted by: capamericaAnd in case you think that I'm a Nintendo-Only fan, I do own pretty much every system thats been releases with the exception of the PS3 since I see it as a TOTAL waste of money. Infact if you look at a couple posts back I welcomed RHoQ into the Legion of Wii60 owners since I am one of them as well. I picked up my Xbox360 a couple weeks after launch, just in time of DoA4 infact.

If you 'own pretty much every system thats been released' then why do you intend to attack so many highly regarded games on other (non-Nintendo) systems?

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Originally posted by: capamericaAnd seriously Enchanted Arms, Amped 3, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Oblivion, Test Drive Unlimited, and Viva Pinata all sucked.

Do you even enjoy games?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #22 on:** January 31, 2007, 03:30:50 AM »

You smell like a marketing doppelgänger

Doppelgänger means he appears virtually the same as another person, I think you mean plant.

Have you ever heard of importing?

So you were willing to pay a premium over the already steep price of the PS3 to get it early? Doesn't sound like you went at that platform with no bias.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #23 on:** January 31, 2007, 03:32:41 AM »

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Originally posted by: capamericaAnd seriously Enchanted Arms, Amped 3, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Oblivion, Test Drive Unlimited, and Viva Pinata all sucked.

Do you even enjoy games?

Outside Oblivion (which is very good, though not for everyone), these other games listed DO suck... =3

(Seriously, games like Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo aren't even in the "may not be for such and such" category...They are just incredibly poorly-made...)

(Edit: And before I get called on a "HAVE YOU EVEN PLAYED IT?" comeback, yes, I unfortunately once owned both of those horrid games...)

Extra Terrestrial · « **Reply #24 on:** January 31, 2007, 03:58:11 AM »

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Doppelgänger means he appears virtually the same as another person, I think you mean plant.

So, I am a 'plant' because somebody who said that MotorStorm is absolutely rubbish without even playing the game? As for the Xbox 360 games, I am merely making comparisons with the launch line-up to what both the PlayStation 3 and Wii offered as well as providing some great games for the thread starter to perhaps check out and buy/play. Is it wrong all of a sudden to recommend games on this forum?

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So you were willing to pay a premium over the already steep price of the PS3 to get it early? Doesn't sound like you went at that platform with no bias.

Strictly speaking, my Father went on a business trip to New York and managed to buy a PlayStation 3 over there before Christmas (after launch) for a present for myself so it was unexpected to find that amongst my presents on Christmas day. I wanted the PS3 simply because I am a very appreciative fan of the Ridge Racer series and wanted to play Ridge Racer 7 even though I knew the jump wasn't very large after Ridge Racer 6 on the Xbox 360.

I do apologise for prolonging the argument but I don't expect people to dismiss a game (MotorStorm) when they haven't even played it and bring up negative comments towards the game from other sources. I don't think it has an average ranking of 85% on gameranking for nothing!

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Author Topic: Alright - so I'm now a "Wii60" owner... (Read 9424 times)